Judi Chester is a professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Texas A&M University. Her research is focused on deformation processes of earthquake faulting. She has served as the Vice Chair of the SCEC Science Planning Committee (2014-2024), member of the SCEC Board of Directors (2012-2014), and co-leader and leader of the Fault and Rupture Mechanics focus group (2004-2011).
SCEC Participation
Current Roles
SCEC Committee on Professional Conduct, Member (2020 - Present)
Past Roles
SCEC Executive Committee, Member (2017 - 2024) SCEC Science Planning Committee, Vice-Chair (2014 - 2024) SCEC Board of Directors, At-Large Member (2012 - 2014) SCEC Science Planning Committee, Group Leader (2004 - 2012)
Barbery, M. R., Chester, F. M., & Chester, J. S. (2023). Investigating dynamic weakening in laboratory faults using multi-scale flash heating coupled with mm-scale contact evolution. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128, 22. doi: 10.1029/2023JB027110. SCEC Contribution 11819
Dorsey, M. T., Chester, J. S., & Chester, F. M. (2019, 08). Older and Deeper Seismic Deformation in the San Gabriel Crystalline Basement Complex Along the South Branch of the Punchbowl Fault. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9839
Barbery, M. R., Chester, F. M., & Chester, J. S. (2019, 08). Controlling the life-time and rest-time of asperity contact populations to investigate the temperature and stress distribution in flash-weakened frictional surfaces in granite. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9726
French, M. E., & Chester, J. S. (2018). Localized Slip and Associated Fluidized Structures Record Seismic Slip in Clay-Rich Fault Gouge. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123(10), 8568-8588. doi: 10.1029/2018JB016053. SCEC Contribution 8882
Kitajima, H., Chester, F. M., & Chester, J. S. (2010). Dynamic weakening of gouge layers in high-speed shear experiments: Assessment of temperature-dependent friction, thermal pressurization, and flash heating. Journal of Geophysical Research,. SCEC Contribution 1441
Kitajima, H., Chester, J. S., Chester, F. M., & Shimamoto, T. (2010). High-speed friction of disaggregated ultracataclasite in rotary shear: Characterization of frictional heating, mechanical behavior, and microstructure evolution. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth,. doi: 10.1029/2009JB007038. SCEC Contribution 1313
Dor, O., Chester, J. S., Ben-Zion, Y., Brune, J. N., & Rockwell, T. K. (2009). Characterization of damage in sandstones along the Mojave section of the San Andreas Fault: implications for the shallow extent of damage generation. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 166(10-11), 1747-1773. doi: 10.1007/s00024-009-0516-z. SCEC Contribution 1404
